University of Pretoria

The new Women in Leadership Programme (WLP), launched at the University of Pretoria (UP) on 16 August, sets out to increase the number of women in leadership positions in higher education. The launch event was attended by more than 50…

Malaria simulations that don’t consider each country’s unique population growth dynamics will not be enough to help African nations eliminate the disease, UP mathematicians Dr Stéphane Tchoumi and Professor Jacek Banasiak warn.…

In a significant recognition of global academic excellence, the University of Pretoria (UP) and the University of Leeds have been shortlisted for the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Award for International Collaboration of the Year. The…

South Africans have been slow to embrace timber for housing and commercial construction, but this looks set to change. A combination of intensifying climate change and accelerating urbanisation is making wood more and more attractive as…

The University of Pretoria's (UP’s) Centre for Asian Studies in Africa (CASA) recently held its second successful annual symposium, bringing together academics from universities in South Africa, Europe, the United States of America and…

A training and skills development project for small-scale livestock farmers recently launched by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science is helping farmers, contributing towards food security, economic growth and…

Dr Johnstone Makhubu, Deputy Commissioner for taxpayer engagement and operations at the South African Revenue Service (SARS), recently obtained a PhD in Leadership from the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute at the University of Pretoria …

The University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Mammal Research Institute (MRI) Whale Unit, based in Hermanus outside Cape Town, is playing a leading role in a new global network aimed at galvanising conservation action for the increasingly vulnerable…

Dr Els Vermeulen, Research Manager of the Mammal Research Institute’s (MRI’s) Whale Unit and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been appointed to the South African…

Professor Wanda Markotter, a leading expert in zoonotic diseases and One Health at the University of Pretoria, has been re-elected for a second term as co-chair of the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP). The Quadripartite…